Regulation

Two of the keynotes at this year’s BAI Retail Delivery Show are Bob Geldof and Alan Greenspan.  Bob Geldof, the liberating freedom fighter for justice for Africa, wiping out third world poverty and forcing politicians and bankers to give him their f***ing money, whose six-figure pay cheque for his speech is obviously going to Africa…

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

In the last of a risk-focused week of blog entries, I thought it worth talking about virtual worlds.  Now, we talk a lot about virtual worlds these days, after the hype cycle of Second Life and not forgetting the other worlds of Entropia, There, World of Warcraft and more.  In fact, the growth of virtual…

All political campaigns generate their own examples of economic idiocy and this one in Australia has been no exception. Listening to the radio this morning, though, reminded me of this. I thought I was listening to some hick economic populist – then I realised it was a serious policy announcement from the Opposition. For the…

All political campaigns generate their own examples of economic idiocy and this one in Australia has been no exception. Listening to the radio this morning, though, reminded me of this. I thought I was listening to some hick economic populist – then I realised it was a serious policy announcement from the Opposition. For the…

All political campaigns generate their own examples of economic idiocy and this one in Australia has been no exception. Listening to the radio this morning, though, reminded me of this. I thought I was listening to some hick economic populist – then I realised it was a serious policy announcement from the Opposition. For the…

All political campaigns generate their own examples of economic idiocy and this one in Australia has been no exception. Listening to the radio this morning, though, reminded me of this. I thought I was listening to some hick economic populist – then I realised it was a serious policy announcement from the Opposition. For the…

Welcome to MiFID day.  Congratulations.  I’m sure this day will be remembered for a long time as the day that Heather Mills, the ex-Mrs. Paul McCartney, went insane. To be honest, it’s all a bit quiet today.  Maybe everyone is waiting for the systems to explode with pan-European trading … nope.  Nothing happening. Project Turquoise…